Jack Benny: War Days

Product Description

With four new writers and plenty of brand-new gags, radio's favorite comedian entertains homefront America, as well as troops at Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine camps. In fact, the whole gang is here!

Mary Livingstone, Phil Harris, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Dennis Day, Larry Stevens, and Don Wilson are all on hand – along with plenty of unexpected guests! Here are sixteen laugh-packed episodes from the early 1940s, featuring favorites like Mel Blanc, Frank Nelson, Minerva Pious, John Brown, and Butterfly McQueen.

Includes a Program Guide by radio historian Elizabeth McLeod.

Episodes Include: Try and Get It 04-12-42; Chicago - Monument For Jack 02-21-43; Jack Recalls His African Trip 10-10-43; From Marine Corps Air Station at Mojave, California 11-07-43; Jack Dreams He Is A Turkey 11-21-43; From Camp El Toro, California 01-16-44; The Horn Blows At Midnight 01-30-44; From Terminal Island 02-06-44; Hollywood Canteen 02-27-44; From Lemoore Air Force Base 03-05-44; From Livermore Air Base 03-12-44; Louella Parsons Interviews Jack About 'The Horn Blows At Midnight' 04-02-44; Final Grape Nuts Flakes Sponsored Show 06-04-44; Captain O'Benny 10-22-44; Jack Hires Larry Stevens and Argues Over His Salary 11-12-44; Jack Is Going to San Francisco 05-13-45

8CDs 8Hrs